US5260113A - Translucent sign face constructions with minimum visibility seams - Google Patents

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US5260113A
US5260113A US07/688,648 US68864891A US5260113A US 5260113 A US5260113 A US 5260113A US 68864891 A US68864891 A US 68864891A US 5260113 A US5260113 A US 5260113A
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James A. Pontuti
Robert W. Warner
Richard F. Theissen
John A. Nielsen
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Priority to CA002062839A priority patent/CA2062839C/fr
Priority to EP92302877A priority patent/EP0509678B1/fr
Priority to DE69208500T priority patent/DE69208500T2/de
Priority to JP04097577A priority patent/JP3090287B2/ja
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US07/688,648 US5260113A (en) 1991-04-19 1991-04-19 Translucent sign face constructions with minimum visibility seams
CA002062839A CA2062839C (fr) 1991-04-19 1992-03-12 Ruban a joint invisible
EP92302877A EP0509678B1 (fr) 1991-04-19 1992-04-01 Bande de couture le moins visible possible pour joindre des substrats par utilisation de celle-ci
DE69208500T DE69208500T2 (de) 1991-04-19 1992-04-01 Minimal sichtbarer Nahtstreifen und Methode um damit Substrate zu verbinden
JP04097577A JP3090287B2 (ja) 1991-04-19 1992-04-17 継ぎ構造体及びその形成方法
KR1019920006419A KR100202325B1 (ko) 1991-04-19 1992-04-17 최소한의 가시도를 갖는 접합테이프 및 상기테이프를 이용하여 기재들을 결합시키는 방법
US08/099,220 US5906696A (en) 1991-04-19 1993-07-29 Minimum visibility seam tape and method of joining substrates using the same
US09/295,032 US6322657B1 (en) 1991-04-19 1999-04-20 Minimum visibility seam tape and method of joining substrates using the same

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